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SNICKER CUPCAKES

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Serves: 6

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lovely vanilla cupcakes with a nutty twist

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Ingredients

  • 6 oz butter
  • 6 oz self-raising flour
  • 6 oz superfine sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 oz almond meal
  • vanilla essence (to taste)
  • milk (if needed to thin down the topping)
  • Snickers chocolate bars (the more the better)
  • marshmallows (optional)
  • peanuts (optional)

Method

  1. cream the butter and sugar till fluffy and pale
  2. add the eggs 1 at a time with a few spoonfuls of you measured flour fold in the rest of your flour with a wooden spoon
  3. spoon into paper cases (i prefer muffin cases there way bigger) make sure that when they rise there will be still enough room to put the chocolate in
  4. place in the middle of the oven till golden brown and springs back when pressed leave to cool completely (and hide them away or else you will not be able to top them)
  5. once cool, cut your snickers into chunks and melt in a ban marie (or the microwave )
  6. spoon the melted chocolate onto the cakes and fill to the top of the cake cases
  7. when set the snicker reforms itself into its original position: chocolate, toffee and nutty nougat
  8. finally top with the marshmallows and peanuts

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  • Have the recipe for this at home. Love it so badly!! the more snicker bars the better for sure Xx

    Posted by CupcakegodessXx on 6th Dec 2011 at 13.07